Purple

#746780

Hex, rgb, cmyk and Pantone values for purple, with shades, tints, matching colors and free print quality patterns.

This is Purple, a grey purple at 271 degrees. A mid purple this rich reads creative and a little premium. Yellow greens across the wheel wake it up and soft greys let it stay refined.

Purple color values

Every conversion for #746780, ready to copy. Hex, rgb, hsl, hsv, cmyk, cie-lab, xyz, decimal, web safe and the nearest Pantone.

Hex#746780

RGB116, 103, 128

HSL271, 11%, 45%

HSV271, 20%, 50%

CMYK9%, 20%, 0%, 50%

Lab45.6, 10.28, -11.99

XYZ15.95, 14.97, 22.47

Decimal7628672

Web safe#666699

Pantone667 C

Shades of purple

#6a5e75 #60556a #564c5f #4c4354 #423a48 #38313d #2e2832 #232027 #19171c #0f0e11

Tints of purple

#81738e #8e819a #9b90a6 #a89eb1 #b5adbd #c2bbc8 #cfcad4 #dcd8e0 #e9e7eb #f6f5f7

Colors that go with purple

Complementary#738067 Analogous#686780 Analogous#80677f Triadic#807467 Triadic#678074 Split complementary#808067 Split complementary#678068

Purple in print

It sits in a comfortable part of the gamut and reproduces reliably on press. The cmyk build is 9, 20, 0, 50.

The same color needs a different cmyk build depending on the paper. Here is #746780 on both.

Coated stockgloss or silk, C

9 20 0 50

Ink sits on the surface, so colors stay bright and close to screen.

Uncoated stocknatural or matte, U

12 22 4 56

The stock absorbs ink and gains dot, so it needs a heavier build and reads a touch softer.

This color converts to cmyk comfortably and should hold on press.

See how it converts in the rgb to cmyk converter, or read rgb vs cmyk for print and what the k in cmyk means.

Purple in css

Copy #746780 straight into your stylesheet.

.background { background-color: #746780; }
.text { color: #746780; }
.border { border: 2px solid #746780; }

How purple looks on light and dark

Sample text on black

Sample text on white

Text on this color

Purple and accessibility

Contrast ratios for #746780 against black and white text, measured to the WCAG standard.

Use white text on this color for readable body copy. To test #746780 against any other color, not just black and white, run the pair through our contrast checker for a live WCAG reading.

Purple on a business card, sticker and pattern

A quick look at how #746780 sits on real print products. Start any of these in the maker.

Business card

Sticker

Repeat pattern

Building a full palette around purple? Pull matching colors from any photo with the color palette generator, or check a design for print with the rgb to cmyk converter.

Turn purple into a seamless pattern

Four patterns built from #746780 and its shades, free at print quality. Click any one to keep editing in the pattern maker.

Arches Signature stripes Gem Shingles

Make posters, wallpaper and packaging art from purple, free and print ready.

Open in pattern maker

How we calculate these values

The figures for #746780 come from standard color math, shown so you can check them. Rgb, hsl, hsv, lab and xyz are derived through the usual sRGB conversion formulas. The uncoated cmyk build carries more ink than the coated one, which is what a printer would compensate for when the same color runs on a rougher stock. For Pantone we return the nearest reference by perceptual distance, which gets you close but is not a substitute for a physical swatch book.